decline of Newcastle’s power, and coalition of Fox with the Bedford party, 45, 46, et seq.; further changes in favour of the Bedford party, 139, 140; heavy charges of pensions in consequence, 143; state of, at the breaking out of the war, 154; divisions on the calling in of foreign troops, 184; conduct in the affair of Byng, 190, 194, et seq., 208; Fox’s resignation, and its consequences, 252, et seq.; resignation of the Duke of Newcastle, and Pitt’s accession to power, 272, et seq.; changes settled, 274; state of the cabinet, 284; events leading to the dismissal of Pitt and his friends, 376, 377; new administration, iii. 2; difficulties in its formation, 11, 24, 26; Pitt and Newcastle again come in, 31; political review of Pitt’s administration, 84; and cabinet, 85; jealousies of Newcastle, 181; resignation of Lord Temple, 228. Minorca, affairs of courts-martial under Gen. Anstruther brought before parliament, i. 42, 56, et seq.; debates respecting its defence, ii. 70; attacked by the French, 190, 209, et seq., 217, vide _Byng_; parliamentary inquiry into its loss, iii. 7, et seq. Mirepoix, Mons. de, French ambassador, returns without taking leave, ii. 28; his character, i. 203; disliked by the Pelhams, 204. Mobs in Ireland; their rejoicings on the success of the Castle opposition in 1753, i. 367. Monks of Portugal, their ingenuity in smuggling money on board of English ships of war, i. 256. Montcalm, General, vide _Quebec_. Montreal taken from the French, iii. 288. Moore, Captain, one of Byng’s judges, joins in an application to the throne for mercy, ii. 318. Mordaunt, Sir John, his character, i. 110; opposes the parliamentary purchase of the forfeited estates, 258; entrusted with the attack on Rochfort, iii. 45, et seq.; inquiry, 75. Moyenska, Countess, notice of, ii. 410. Munchausen, Baron, the Hanoverian minister in England, his conduct on the affair of Closter Seven, iii. 60. Murphy, Miss, supplants Madame Pompadour in the heart of Louis XV., and produces a whimsical alarm, i. 334. Murray, Mr. A., conduct on the Westminster election, i. 17, et seq., 22; refuses to kneel, 29; further proceedings in the House upon his case, 34, 35; further insolence towards the House of Commons, 85; Habeas Corpus granted by the Court of King’s Bench, 114; but is remanded, 115; released from Newgate on the prorogation of the House of Commons, 201; but is remanded in the ensuing session, 208; absconds, 211. Murray, James (nominal Earl of Dunbar), his character and politics in service of the Pretender, i. 286. Murray, Lord John, his prudence in regard to political attack, i. 44.